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title: Setting Enterprise Connector preferences
slug: epmm/on-premise/installation-guide/setting-enterprise-connector-preferences
createdAt: 2026-10-06T07:51:54.115Z
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After you have added at least one Enterprise Connector, you can set Connector default preferences.

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Preference choices affect all Connectors; they cannot be individually configured.
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Figure**:** Enterprise Connector Preferences menu

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**Prerequisite**:

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Complete [Adding Enterprise Connector entries ](docId:-3JnW9_QS2LbbTdaDxk6l)before setting preferences.
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**Procedure**

1. Log in to the Admin portal.
2. Select <font color="#323232">**Services** &gt; **Connector**</font>.
3. Click the **Preferences&#x20;**&#x6C;ink to open the Preferences menu:
   1. **Connector Services**: Click **Enable**. When enabled, services communicate through Connectors instead of directly communicating with their respective servers.

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      Connector Services *must* be enabled for Ivanti EPMM to use Enterprise Connector for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) queries.
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   2. **Status Reporting Interval**: Set an interval time between 1-59 minutes, or leave the default 15 minutes.
   3. **LDAP Timeout**: Set a timeout value between 1 and 3600 seconds, or leave the default 25 minutes.
   4. **LDAP Request Retries**: Leave the default number of retries (1) or set this value to **0** to disable LDAP request retries. Do not set this value to other than 1 or 0 without explicit direction from Ivanti Support or a knowledge-based article.
   5. **LDAP Test Timeout**: Leave this value at 25 seconds. Do not change this value without explicit direction from Ivanti Support or a knowledge-based article.
   6. **LDAP Request Batch Size**: Leave this value at 100 per LDAP batch request. Do not change this value without explicit direction from Ivanti Support or a knowledge-based article.
4. Click **Save**.&#x20;
   A pop-up message confirms the save.